And the closer Skandar grows to his newfound friends and community of riders, the harder it becomes to keep his secrets-especially when he discovers their lives may all be in graver danger than he ever imagined. Skandar is thrust into a world of epic sky battles, dangerous clashes with wild unicorns, and rumors of a shadowy villain amassing a unicorn army. But on the day of Skandar’s exam, things go horribly wrong, and his hopes are shattered…until a mysterious figure knocks on his door at midnight, bearing a message: the Island is in peril and Skandar must answer its call. He’s spent years studying for his Hatchery exam, the annual test that selects a handful of Mainlander thirteen-year-olds to train to become unicorn riders. In Clara’s book I found an entertaining and fascinating story about the people who had eagerly awaited the return of Christ during the nineteenth century. Skandar Smith has always yearned to leave the Mainland and escape to the secretive Island, where wild unicorns roam free. I was working a night-wire for the United Press at the time, so I had a few hours in which to sit and think. Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fantastical middle grade debut perfect for fans of the Percy Jackson and Eragon series!
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